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A comment on The Problem of Excess Genius (1997). Parent comment

Re:The Problem of Excess Genius (1997) by addcommitpush on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:48AM (#36929835)
This seems obvious for agricultural productivity but I fail to see how that would explain say, classical Athens.
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Re:The Problem of Excess Genius (1997) by tycho-newman on Sunday August 06, 2023 @08:21PM (#37028438)
Slavery explains classical Athens. All that free time was bought by slavery. This is well-documented in antiquity.
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